Glove



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JENNINGS COMRIE, OF GLOVERSVILLE, NEV YORK. i

GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.416,358, dated December 3, 1889.

Application filed May 23, 1889. Serial No. 311,832. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JENNINGs CoMRIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gloversville, in the county of Fulton and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Glove, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to 'improvements in gloves with the object of improving the attachment of the thumb to the hand of the glove, whereby the liability of a detachment of the same is reduced. With this object in view I provide the side of the thumb-opening with an integral ear, under which the inner edge of the thumb isarranged, andI then stitch the edgesv of the thumb to the hand of the glove and also stitch the edges of the ear to the thumb. Thus a double thickness of material is disposed at the points of the greatest strain, and two lines of stitchin g are formed which mutually support land strengthen each other.

The invention is described more in detail hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view of the palm of a glove embracing my improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a section thereof with the thumb removed. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the thumb, the ear being shown in dotted lines. Fig.`4 is an enlarged view of the parts shown in Figs. 2 and 3 when combined. Fig. 5 is a tranverse section on the line a: as, Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, the letter I-I designates the hand of a glove, F the fingers, and T the thumb, all these parts'being of the ordinary and well-known construction.

In practicing my invention a thumb-receiving opening is cut. (See Fig. 2.) The said hole is formed with an integral ear E on the body projecting into the holefand the upper portion or tongue e of this ear is severed from the body by a cut C, continuing' the ovalof the hole and terminating in a notch N at the end of the ear.

In the operation of assembling the parts the thumb T is first formed entire and then inserted in the hole from the inside, its iiapt standing under the edge of the hand portion and its body proper coming just to the oval edge J of the hole. The ear is of course bent outwardly in the operation of inserting the thumb. The stitching is then commenced at l and continued around to 2, and thence onward to 3, and across the neck of the ear to 4, all the stitches thus far passing through the hand H near the edge J and through the flap t. The ear and its tongue e are then bent down into place, the latter extending over and around the thumb to 2 and covering the seam l 2 already made. The stitching is then continued from 4 along the outer edge of the tongue c to 2, where it crosses the under seam and is carried back along the inner edge of the tongue to 5, and thence along the inner edge of the ear to 3, Where it ends.

It will be observed that at the ball of the thumb B there is no outer seam, the edge of the flap t being covered and underneath, and the edge of the ear E, which is comparatively Wide at this point, being carried a considerable distance up on the body of the thumb. It will also be observed that the tongue e spans the seam 1 2, where the greatest wear occurs, and, in fact, the whole inside seam of the thumb is covered and protected by the ear and tongue and the cloth is of double thickness throughout this portion.

When the thumb is first inserted and the then loose ear is bent outwardly, the latter Will stand at an angle to the hand; hence when the stitching from 4 to 2 is commenced the notch N must be closed in order to bring the tongue e down into place, all as will be clearly understood, and the stitching from 4 to 2 will hold the notch in closed position.

I am aware that flaps have been made on the hand at the sides of the thumb-hole, which were carried up and sewed to the sides of the thumb-in fact, such construct-ion has been patented to me by United States Letters Patent No. 395,954, granted January 8, 1889; but I claim the present construction as an improvement over devices of that nature, as it adds the long curved tongue extending over and around the thumb and covering and protecting its seams at their points of greatest wear.

I claim as the salient tion-- l. In a glove, the hand II, provided with a thumb-hole and having an integral ear E, proj ecting into one side of said hole, the ear having an integral curved tongue e at one end,

parts of my invenin combination with the thumb T, having an annular' flap t at its base, and a line of stitches securing the flap to the hand around the edges of the hole, the ear to the side of the thumb, and the tongue over the first seam and around the thumb, as described.

2. In a glove, the hand H, provided with a thumb-hole and having an integral ear E, projecting into one side of said hole, the ear hav-- ing an integral curved tongue e at one end, and a notch N at the outer side of said tongue adjacent to the end of the ear, in combination with the thumb T, having an annular iiap t at its base, and a line of stitches securing the flap to the hand around the edges of the hole, the ear to the side of thumb, the edges of the notch N to each other, and the tongue over the irst seam and around the thumb, as described.

3. In a glove, the hand l1, provided with an elliptical thumb-hole having an integral ear E projecting from a side edge thereof into the hole and eut to agree with the curve of the upper edge of the hole and terminating in the curved tongue @,and the thumb T, secured to the edges of the thumb-hole and also to the ear, as described.

4. In a glove, the hand Il, provided with an elliptical thumb-hole having an integral ear E projecting from the lateralredge adjacent to the palm into said hole and continued up- Wardly and corresponding in outline with the outline of the hole at its upper end and terminating in the integral curved tongue e, as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 'my own I have hereto aiiixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JENNINGS COMRIE. NV itin esses:

E. N. SPENCER, RoBERT NEIL. 

